Middle East crisis live: US submarine sank Iranian warship, Hegseth says; Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran

04/03/2026 16:01 The Guardian

Nearly 150 reported missing and 32 people from the 180-crew frigate Iris DenaAnalysis: Trump administration still not settled on reasons for warTell us: how have you been affected by the conflict?Lebanese state media said that four people were killed and six more were wounded in an Israeli strike on a building in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday.“The initial toll is four killed and six wounded, and work is underway to rescue families from under the rubble,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said. Continue reading...

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War in Middle East ‘could wipe out growth in UK living standards’

Rising oil and gas prices may affect increase of £300 a year for typical working-age households, says leading thinktankBusiness live – latest updatesThe Middle East crisis could trigger an energy price shock that more than wipes out the £300 rise in living standards a typical working-age househo...

04/03/2026 15:55 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth fails to say whose munition bombed Iranian girls school, saying US investigating – US politics live

US defense secretary and Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs, hold briefing on day five of US-Israeli war on IranHow Iran school bombing unfolded – a visual guideSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxGen Caine said today that the US will “now begin...

04/03/2026 15:51 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth says Iranian regime is ‘toast’ as US expands military offensive

The Pentagon chief claims Tehran ‘cannot outlast’ US as strikes intensify and civilian toll climbsThe US will have complete, uncontested control of Iranian airspace within days, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, declared Wednesday, saying Iran “cannot outlast” American military power and tha...

04/03/2026 15:51 The Guardian

UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say

Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity saysA new ban on students coming to the UK from four countries where there is war and human rights abuses will drive more people use small boats, campaigners have warned.The home secretary, S...

04/03/2026 15:48 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth says US is ‘investigating’ deadly strike on girls’ school in Iran

US defense secretary was evasive when asked about the airstrike that Iranian officials say killed at least 165 studentsMinab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guidePete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, offered few details and was evasive when a...

04/03/2026 15:41 The Guardian

Will Trump’s Middle East war also engulf Friedrich Merz?

The war will have incalculable implications for Europe – and yet, the chancellor has held back from publicly challenging an increasingly erratic Donald Trump• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereYou could be forgiven for thinking Friedrich Merz would rather be anywher...

04/03/2026 15:40 The Guardian

European stock markets rally after report of ‘secret outreach’ by Iran to try to end war

UK’s FTSE 100 up by more than 50 points, while pan-European Stoxx 600 share index rises 1.2%Business live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets have rallied on a report claiming Iran is engaging in a “secret outreach” to end the war in the Middle East, after several days of heavy losses on...

04/03/2026 15:28 The Guardian

Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran vows ‘complete destruction’ in region

Rapidly escalating war enters fifth day and spreads as far as Indian Ocean with sinking of Iranian vessel off Sri LankaMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has carried out a wave of airstrikes on Iranian security targets and Hezbollah in Beirut as Tehran threatened the “complete destruction o...

04/03/2026 15:28 The Guardian

‘Any threat against member state is threat against the EU’, says commissioner in response to Trump comments – Europe live

Stéphane Séjourné is the latest high-profile name to express solidarity with Spain over Trump’s comments last nightin MadridSánchez’s defiant speech may have been made in response to Trump’s threat to cut off all trade with Spain, but his words were also aimed every bit as much at other EU...

04/03/2026 15:10 The Guardian

Europe’s next-generation fighter jet project may collapse if row continues, says warplane maker

Dassault Aviation says €100bn project may soon be ‘dead’ if Airbus will not agree on how to share workloadFrance and Germany’s next-generation fighter jet project could soon be “dead”, one of the two companies tasked with delivering it has warned, amid a worsening corporate rift over who...

04/03/2026 14:54 The Guardian

From petrol to groceries: how Middle East crisis is driving up prices

Global supply chains are disrupted and prices are rising across sectors amid warnings worse is to come if conflict persistsMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesWhat we know on day five of the Iran warThe conflict in the Middle East has disrupted global supply chains and triggered price rises ac...

04/03/2026 14:42 The Guardian

Liberal senator breaks with party to urge ‘mercy for the children’ of IS-linked Australian women in Syria

Backbencher Andrew McLachlan describes the 23 children as ‘innocents’ victimised by their parents’ ‘tragic attraction to a horrible ideology’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Liberal senator has called for “mercy” for the 23 Australian children detained in a...

04/03/2026 14:00 The Guardian

US submarine sank Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Hegseth says

Defence secretary confirms strike on Iris Dena in first US attack on Iranian forces outside Middle East during conflictMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has carried out a submarine torpedo strike that sank an Iranian warship off the south coast of Sri Lanka, according to the US secretary of...

04/03/2026 13:33 The Guardian

Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say

Administration offers shifting explanations as it acts without congressional approval or legal premiseThe Trump administration is waging an illegal war on Iran, one that defies both the US constitution and international armed conflict laws, according to several legal scholars and bipartisan lawmaker...

04/03/2026 12:57 The Guardian

Starmer not prepared to join a war ‘without lawful basis and viable plan’, he tells PMQs – UK politics live

PM says country must act ‘with clarity, with purpose and with a cool head’ amid Middle East crisis and Trump criticismStarmer begins PMQs by telling the Commons that his thoughts are with Sarah Everard “on this very painful anniversary” of her death.He says the government is working hard to...

04/03/2026 12:33 The Guardian

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former supreme leader, tipped to become Iran’s next head of state

Choice of anti-western candidate would give signal that senior figures will not seek accommodation with USMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhat we know on day five of the Iran warMojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the assassinated Ali Khamenei, is being heavily tipped to succeed his father as sup...

04/03/2026 12:08 The Guardian

Senate to vote on resolution that would prevent Trump continuing Iran war | First Thing

Vote to come after Israel launches wave of strikes on Tehran. Plus, why a ChatGPT boycott could workDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Republicans in the Senate are expected to reject a resolution backed by the Democrats that would prevent Donald Trump from conti...

04/03/2026 11:29 The Guardian

Senate to vote on war powers resolution to prevent Trump from continuing Iran conflict

Republicans are set to vote down the resolution introduced by Democrats, who have condemned Trump for launching strikes without Congressional approvalFollow latest updates in the Middle East crisisSenate Republicans are on Wednesday expected to vote down a Democratic-backed war powers resolution tha...

04/03/2026 11:00 The Guardian

Donald Trump ‘really does not care’ if Iran play at World Cup 2026

Iran was only country missing from Fifa planning summitUS and Israel began attacking Iranian targets on SaturdayDonald Trump has said he does not care whether Iran participate in this summer’s World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The US and Israel began...

04/03/2026 10:28 The Guardian

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’Middle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat to cut of...

04/03/2026 10:14 The Guardian

Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will endUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain cannot become embroiled in a war “without a clear end point”, a former senior Nato commander has said,...

04/03/2026 10:10 The Guardian

Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn

Fears US-Israeli onslaught could lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring an...

04/03/2026 09:30 The Guardian

Major parties knock back inquiry into racism and sexism in the Senate – as it happened

This blog is now closedAustralia sends crisis teams to Middle East as thousands of travellers and expats remain strandedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFarrell says $15bn of trade could be impacted by warLabor’s trade minister, Don Farrell, says a “relatively small”...

04/03/2026 07:05 The Guardian

Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine

With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and IndiaA prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment when it was beginning to show signs of strain...

04/03/2026 06:00 The Guardian

Iran war live updates: Trump says US may escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz; IDF launches strikes on Iran

US president orders Washington to provide insurance for commercial shipping in the crucial strait; Israeli military says it has launched a ‘broad wave’ of strikesTrump administration has still not settled on reasons for warMiddle East attacks intensify as Trump rejects Iran’s attempt to talkUS...

04/03/2026 01:43 The Guardian

Pentagon names four of six US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait base

Trump said service members killed were ‘true American patriots’ but warned more US deaths in Iran war likelyThe US Department of Defense on Tuesday identified four of the six American soldiers who were killed Sunday during a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait. Donald Trump said “there will li...

04/03/2026 01:28 The Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Merz tells Trump Ukraine must not give up more territory

German chancellor says that he underscored need for continued support for Kyiv during US visit; Trump says Ukraine is ‘very high’ on his priority list. What we know on day 1,470The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in Washington for talks with Donald Trump, said he stressed that Ukraine should...

04/03/2026 01:05 The Guardian

Fight between Texas Republicans for US Senate seat leaves party on edge

Party worries a victory by Maga darling Ken Paxton over John Cornyn would open door to Democrats in red stateFour-term Republican US senator John Cornyn is fighting for his political life against Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, in a bitter primary contest that will likely end in a runoff.As polls...

04/03/2026 01:00 The Guardian

Trump denies that Israel forced US’s hand in launching strikes against Iran

Democrats have decried Marco Rubio’s briefings as inadequate in articulating the goals of warDonald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions that he had been bounced into attacking Iran because Israe...

03/03/2026 23:46 The Guardian

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify warMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical “end times” to justify involvement in the Iran war to tro...

03/03/2026 21:21 The Guardian

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04/03 15:36 - U.S. Submarine Torpedoed Iranian Warship Off Sri Lanka as Conflict Widens 04/03 15:32 - Spain's Sanchez defies Trump trade threat, compares Iran war to ‘Russian roulette’ 04/03 15:28 - European stock markets rally after report of ‘secret outreach’ by Iran to try to end war 04/03 15:28 - Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran vows ‘complete destruction’ in region 04/03 15:10 - ‘Any threat against member state is threat against the EU’, says commissioner in response to Trump comments – Europe live 04/03 15:05 - Spanish PM blasts ‘servile following’ over US-Israeli war on Iran 04/03 15:05 - How Trump Decided to Go to War 04/03 15:05 - Video of US torpedo hitting Iranian warship released by Pentagon 04/03 15:04 - Unilateral US strikes on Iran show "power consolidation around the presidential authority" 04/03 14:58 - Replay: Democrat lawmakers denounce "war of choice" in Iran ahead of Senate vote on war powers 04/03 14:54 - Europe’s next-generation fighter jet project may collapse if row continues, says warplane maker 04/03 14:42 - From petrol to groceries: how Middle East crisis is driving up prices 04/03 14:40 - Are the US and Israel planning an ethnic civil war in Iran? 04/03 14:40 - Are the US and Israel planning an ethnic civil war in Iran? 04/03 14:32 - Hegseth says more US forces arriving in Middle East as Iran war ramps up 04/03 14:32 - Hegseth says more US forces arriving in Middle East as Iran war ramps up 04/03 14:26 - US sank Iranian warship, Pentagon announces in press briefing 04/03 14:14 - US submarine sank Iranian warship – Hegseth (VIDEO) 04/03 14:13 - Replay: US Pentagon gives briefing on Iran as US and Israel continue to strike 04/03 14:09 - Shifting stories and unanswered questions about Trump's war on Iran 04/03 14:00 - Liberal senator breaks with party to urge ‘mercy for the children’ of IS-linked Australian women in Syria 04/03 13:58 - UK stock market calms but oil prices rise over fears Iran war may drag on 04/03 13:35 - News24 | White House to push defence companies to accelerate weapons production for Iran war 04/03 13:33 - US submarine sank Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Hegseth says 04/03 13:18 - Live updates: NATO condemns Iran after shooting down missile heading toward Turkey’s airspace 04/03 13:00 - Trump, Spain’s Sanchez trade barbs over Iran war 04/03 12:57 - Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say 04/03 12:54 - Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war? 04/03 12:54 - Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war? 04/03 12:39 - Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last? 04/03 12:33 - Starmer not prepared to join a war ‘without lawful basis and viable plan’, he tells PMQs – UK politics live 04/03 12:30 - 'No to war': Pedro Sánchez hits back as Trump threatens full trade embargo on Spain 04/03 12:27 - Deadly US submarine strike sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast 04/03 12:22 - An outlier for condemning Israel’s Gaza genocide, Spain says no to Iran war 04/03 12:22 - An outlier for condemning Israel’s Gaza genocide, Spain says no to Iran war 04/03 12:08 - Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former supreme leader, tipped to become Iran’s next head of state 04/03 12:06 - US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth 04/03 12:06 - US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth 04/03 12:03 - The Goals of the War 04/03 12:01 - Top Fed Official, Wary of Inflation, Calls for Extended Rate Pause 04/03 11:56 - "US lawmakers' efforts to curb Trump's ability to continue war almost sure to fail" 04/03 11:52 - Iran war opens cracks within Trump's MAGA base 04/03 11:50 - Broadest evacuation order for Lebanon issued by Israeli army 04/03 11:50 - News24 | Netanyahu walks Trump through Iran war, despite different goals, amid shadow of elections 04/03 11:49 - US plans for Iran remain unclear as it defends "pre-emptive" strikes 04/03 11:47 - "Everything is speculation" over Khamenei succession but son set as favourite 04/03 11:40 - Spanish PM says ‘no to war’ in Middle East 04/03 11:40 - Spanish PM says ‘no to war’ in Middle East 04/03 11:37 - Global Leaders Brace for the Fallout From a Fast Metastasizing War 04/03 11:34 - In maps: Five days of strikes across the Middle East 04/03 11:29 - Senate to vote on resolution that would prevent Trump continuing Iran war | First Thing 04/03 11:24 - Dubai influencers 'interrupted' by Iran strikes wake up from a 'senseless dream' 04/03 11:20 - Energy prices start climbing after war closes Strait of Hormuz down 04/03 11:16 - Spain's PM is not mincing his words over Trump's war on Iran 04/03 11:00 - Senate to vote on war powers resolution to prevent Trump from continuing Iran conflict 04/03 10:59 - Us-Israeli strikes on Iran intensify as war enters fifth day 04/03 10:51 - France deploys its aircraft carrier to protect Middle East allies 04/03 10:48 - Israel expands strikes in Lebanon and issues new evacuation warnings 04/03 10:45 - Republican concern over effect of Iran war on party popularity ahead of midterms 04/03 10:42 - Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran as war enters fifth day 04/03 10:33 - After Iran’s warning, Europe fails to unite on war launched by US, Israel 04/03 10:33 - After Iran’s warning, Europe fails to unite on war launched by US, Israel 04/03 10:33 - France deploys military assets to Mediterranean amid war in the Mideast 04/03 10:28 - Donald Trump ‘really does not care’ if Iran play at World Cup 2026 04/03 10:27 - Korean stocks suffer worst crash ever as Iran war hits chipmakers 04/03 10:25 - China lists five lessons from US-Israeli war on Iran 04/03 10:14 - ‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain 04/03 10:11 - How Iran fights an imposed war 04/03 10:11 - How Iran fights an imposed war 04/03 10:10 - Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe 04/03 10:03 - European nations facing ‘hell’ over Iran war energy disruption – Serbia 04/03 09:58 - ‘We were just praying’: Pakistani students recount escape from war-hit Iran 04/03 09:58 - ‘We were just praying’: Pakistani students recount escape from war-hit Iran 04/03 09:30 - Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn 04/03 09:04 - Submarine sinks Iranian warship off coast of Sri Lanka – Reuters 04/03 08:53 - Hundreds of drones target Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE amid Iran war 04/03 08:53 - Hundreds of drones target Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE amid Iran war 04/03 08:38 - 🔴 Live: Iran says won't negotiate with US, can 'continue the war' 04/03 08:38 - Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched 04/03 08:38 - Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched 04/03 08:20 - IRGC says Iran in ‘complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz amid Trump threats 04/03 08:20 - IRGC says Iran in ‘complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz amid Trump threats 04/03 08:09 - EU’s Kallas and von der Leyen on ‘collision course’ – Politico 04/03 08:01 - How long can Israel sustain a military conflict with Iran? 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